Coca-Cola plastic packaging jumped 21% since 2019 to 7.95 billion pounds in 2024 raising environmental sustainability ...

Coca-Cola’s plastic consumption is estimated to exceed 9.1 billion pounds annually by 2030 if its current practices persist, according to a recent report from Oceana, a non-profit environmental ...

Plastic can feel impossible to avoid at the grocery store, from packaging on produce to single-use bags at checkout. Every trip resulted in a mound of plastic on my counter when I got home this year, ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Bravo for your editorial (“If Maryland had a dime for every wasted plastic bottle … | STAFF COMMENTARY” Nov. 23). There are between 12,000 and 16,000 chemicals in plastic, serving multiple plastic ...

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Researchers document widespread plastic burning in homes worldwide, driven by energy poverty, poor waste services, and limited fuel options.

When you mention the word sustainability to someone, single-use plastics almost always come up in the conversation. For a few years, single-use plastics like straws and water bottles were a hot-button ...

When Briana Bosch started her Colorado flower farm, Blossom and Branch, the fifth-generation farmer—her family had a dairy and corn farm—mimicked what her family had always done: plastic landscape ...

Colleges are taking steps to reduce the amount of plastic tossed out, or even recycled, by encouraging students and staff to reuse plastic bottles. At Saint Vincent College, the student environmental ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...